Calamaria ingeri

Calamaria ingeri
Conservation status
	; Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Calamaria
Species:	C. ingeri
Binomial name
	Calamaria ingeri; Grismer, Kaiser & Yaakob, 2004

Last updated September 30, 2025

Calamaria ingeri is a species of snake in the subfamily Calamariinae of the family Colubridae. The species is native to Malaysia.^[2]

Geographic distribution

Calamaria ingeri is endemic to Tioman Island in Malaysia.^[1]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of Calamaria ingeri is forest.^[1]

Behavior

Calamaria ingeri is terrestrial and fossorial.^[1]

Reproduction

Calamaria ingeri is oviparous.^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, ingeri, is in honor of American herpetologist Robert F. Inger.^[2]^[3]

References

1 2 3 4 Iskandar, D.; Jenkins, H.; Das, I.; Auliya, M.; Inger, R.F.; Lilley, R.; Vogel, G. (2012). "Calamaria ingeri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012 e.T176626A1442469. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T176626A1442469.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
1 2 3 Calamaria ingeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 10 June 2020.
↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Calamaria ingeri, p. 129).

Grismer LL, Kaiser H, Yaakob NS (2004). "A new species of reed snake of the genus Calamaria H. Boie, 1827, from Pulau Tioman, Pahang, West Malaysia". Hamadryad28 (1 & 2): 1–6. (Calamaria ingeri, new species).
Grismer LL (2011). Amphibians and Reptiles of the Seribuat Archipelago (Peninsular Malaysia) – A Field Guide. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. 239 pp. ISBN 978-3899734829.
Grossmann W, Tillack F (2004). "Palau Tioman – Perle im Südchinesischen Meer, Teil 1. [= Palau Tioman – Pearl of the South China Sea, Part 1.]". Reptilia (Münster)9 (50): 42–49. (in German).
Voris HK, Resetar A (2020). "Robert Frederick Inger (1920–2019)". Copeia108 (2): 426–429.

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[iucn_status_19_November_2021-1] 1 2 3 4 Iskandar, D.; Jenkins, H.; Das, I.; Auliya, M.; Inger, R.F.; Lilley, R.; Vogel, G. (2012). "Calamaria ingeri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012 e.T176626A1442469. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T176626A1442469.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.

[RDB-2] 1 2 3 Calamaria ingeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 10 June 2020.

[3] Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Calamaria ingeri, p. 129).

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